Coral reefs are often called the rainforests of the sea, but across the Caribbean, many of them are struggling to survive. Along with warming oceans and habitat loss, bacterial diseases have become a growing threat, capable of wiping out large sections of coral in a short time. Now, researchers in Florida have tested an unusual way to fight back, not with antibiotics, but with bacteria that naturally prey on other bacteria.
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